Just finished Game of Thrones season five. It starts okay and the action scene at hardhome is mint, but it's really rough going. The show's problematic treatment of women has been extensively ocumentated already, but I think this season is particularly bad and has some deep, deep misogyny within its lazy writing. Glad the sixth season improved things a bit.

Been watching loads of Bob's Burgers out of sequence. It has that same warmth to it that I got from Parks & Rec. Kind of glad there's just loads of episodes of it that I've not seen, so I can just record / watch it whenever it's on and see something I've not seen before.

I'd started watching Love on Netflix too, but haven't got past the first episode.

Also, having just remembered. I really recommend that This Country thing that's on the iPlayer right now. My expectations were kind of low, because it seemed a bit derivative of other mockumentaries in a lot of ways; but it really surprised me by how funny it was, and how it resonates with that British small-town loneliness really well.

OK so I'm 14 eps in now and have warmed up to it somewhat. I still have the same issues with it - still can't honestly say I like any of the characters apart from Bill (MAYBE Millie and Ken too?) even on a general level, and some of the dialogue/plot points are super forced/unbelievable (especially the thing with the jerk being vocal about being super jel of the geeks? no freakin way), but it's watchable enough. although partly because there are fewer instances of "Oh! Hi, Cindy!" at the moment.

i guess it's just lacking the bite of Mean Girls, Election, Easy A etc, or the quotability/likeability of Clueless.

i'm just finishing the fourth one which is where season 1 of the tv show stops, so I am looking forward to reading ones that I don't already know the story for (though the show does seem to be building an extra strand not in the books). was surprised to find the author played accordion on the magnetic fields 69 love songs, so that gives it some indie cred